HIST5702 command line windows python
There are other methods to download stuff on the internet. What makes wget good? Wow... you can do so much with such a tiny little command. The best aspect is -r
or recursive retrieval which follows links from a website (to a certain depth). Mine all the things!
I think it also comes down to the same old idea of software and platform we embrace - it is all about preference and usage needs.
So let's do a quick run of wget.
Data Mining the Internet archive is hard on Windows. Unix is luv
, Unix is lyf
.
The tutorial was not at all geared for you. So beginner's with the command line could be confused. First! Windows does not use the UNIX (read: also mac) command sudo
. The command line or Powershell will not recognize this command.
sudo
executes a command as an administrator. You will have to type in your computer's password. As a security measure, Unix will not show your password, even as dots as you write.
Do the following if pip install
is not working
C:\
So you will have C:\Python27
C:\Python27
type setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Python27\Scripts"
(NOTE: You may need to restart your computer to run the next command)python -m pip install internetarchive